Tego Calderon is big in New York and Miami. He’s huge across Latin America. And in his native Puerto Rico — forget about it. So why is his upcoming album titled “The Underdog?” Maybe because Calderon ...

Reggaetón king Tego Calderón was into salsa as a teenager, then hip-hop. The music that would make him a star didn't even have a name yet. "To tell you the truth, I was not a fan of reggaetón at the ...

With jazzy orchestra sounds, folkloric Afro-Boricua percussion, and political lyrics united over a ubiquitous dembow riddim, Tego Calderón’s album El Abayarde embodies the soul of reggaeton. Twenty ...

Latin rap superstar Tego Calderon, who has long been the face card of the Reggaeton explosion, has inked a long term deal with Atlantic Records for his imprint Jiggiri. After being courted by Atlantic ...

Reggaeton pioneer Tego Calderón released his first solo music in more than eight years on Friday, dropping “La Receta” (“The Prescription”), a smooth track that casts El Abayarde as a romantic leading ...

Puerto Rico’s Tego Calderon appeared to be doing his best last week during a tour swing through Southern California to live up to his reputation as the rebellious rapper of reggaeton. He did so by ...

Rapper Tego Calderón, known as one of Puerto Rico's original reggaeton artists, will perform a stadium concert in San Juan on Aug. 28 By Judy Cantor-Navas Rapper Tego Calderón, known as one of Puerto ...

Reggaeton is dead in the same way hip-hop is dead — the popular stuff no longer resembles the gritty, lo-fi ups and downs of the working class, from whose beaters and back-alleys both genres were born ...

Director Kacho López Mari's critically and culturally acclaimed portfolio includes over 40 music videos and short films that, ...

Much like English-language hip-hop, Spanish-language rap and its close cousin reggaeton are both good and bad. At their worst, they're misogynistic, materialistic and mediocre. At their best, rap and ...

Puerto Rico's O.G. discusses Puerto Rico's future. Dec. 10, 2012 — -- He was never flashy, even when reggaeton exploded into the mainstream circa 2005 with Daddy Yankee's "Gasolina." While Yankee ...

Clockwise from upper left: The inaugural Mas Flow festival includes performances by Don Omar (Saturday), DJ Playero (Saturday), Zion & Lennox (Friday), and Ivy Queen (Saturday). Credit: All photos ...